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Evening, March 16 Scripture: “Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins.”(Psalm 19:13) Such was theprayer of the “man after God’s own heart.” Did holy David need to pray thus? How needful, then, must such a prayer be for us babes in grace! It is as if he said, “Keep me back, or I shall […] Evening, March 15 Scripture: “He did it with all his heart and prospered.”(2 Chronicles 31:21) This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labour […] Evening, March 14 Scripture: “I will take heed to my ways.”(Psalm 39:1) Fellow-pilgrim, say not in your heart, “I will go hither and thither, and I shall not sin;” for you are never so out of danger of sinning as to boast of security. The road is very miry, it will be hard […] Evening, March 13 Scripture: “Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.”(Genesis 8:9) Wearied out with her wanderings, the dove returns at length to the ark as her only resting place. How heavily she flies－she will drop－she will never reach the ark! But […] Evening, March 12 Scripture: “To whom belongest thou?”(1 Samuel 30:13) No neutralities can exist in religion. We are either ranked under the banner of Prince Immanuel, to serve and fight his battles, or we are vassals of the black prince, Satan. “To whom belongest thou?” Reader, let me assist you in your response. […] |
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